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It's no secret that opioid deaths are rising in the US, but a new statistic brings home the danger. For the first time, Americans now have a greater chance of dying from an accidental opioid overdose than from a motor vehicle crash, reports USA Today. The stat comes from the National Safety Council via a report called "Injury Facts". The NSC finds that the lifetime odds of dying from an opioid overdose are 1 in 96, compared with 1 in 103 for a motor vehicle accident. Close behind were accidental falls, with 1 in 114 odds, worsening from 1 in 119 just a year ago. (California just saw a mass accidental overdose.)

I am inundated by "in a wreck, get a check" TV commercials. 1800-BAD-Drug even more. Yet not one single OPIOID kill you or someone you loved, call and get rich commercial. You can't get more proof it is a lie than not even lawyers will take the case..

Robert Slackware

Jan 26, 2019 1:05 PM CST

there are ZERO accidental overdoses. They ALL intentionally took the drugs.

Mr clairvoyant

Jan 15, 2019 7:45 AM CST

BS fake news statistical manipulation. Day one of my college statistics course the prof opened up with "Statistics are BS, never believe them." Sorry but not sorry, I have ZERO chance of dying of an opioid overdose and probably a decently average chance of dying in a car accident. In fact, I dont know ANYONE, nor have I known ANYONE, at risk of an opioid OD and yet I stopped counting the number of close friends dead in car accidents at 12, that was a few deaths back....